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The sea of pleasures may drown its owner and the swimmer fears to open his eyes under the water.

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

And to have spent the night sleeping and awoken regretful, is better than to have spent the night standing (in prayer) and awaken impressed with oneself!
IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA

Impress Night Prayer Sleep
Losing time is harder than death, as losing time keeps you away from Allah and the Hereafter, while death keeps you away from the worldly life and people.
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Life Losing People Worldly
O people who take pleasure in a life that will vanish, falling in love with a fading shadow is sheer stupidity
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Fall In Love Life Religious
The sea of pleasures may drown its owner and the swimmer fears to open his eyes under the water.
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Eye Sea Water
The perfection of Tawheed is found when there remains nothing in the heart except Allaah
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Found Heart Perfection
When Allah tests you it is never to destroy you. When He removes something in your possession it is only in order to empty your hands for an even greater gift.
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Hands Order Tests
There are no means of attaining faith and certainty except through the Qur’an.
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Attain Certainty Mean
Doom comes about because of neglecting to evaluate one’s self and because of just following one’s whims.
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Neglect Self Whim
And if a person were given all of the world and what is in it, it would not fill his emptiness.
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Emptiness Given World
The hijrah to Allah includes abandoning what He hates and doing what He loves and accepts.
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Abandoning Accepting Hate
Imaan is of two halves; half is patience (Sabr) and half is being thankful (Shukr).
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Being Half Thankful Two
Every drop of sweat and every breath we take in life, if not taken for the sake of Allah, will lead to regret and sorrow on the Day of Judgment
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God Lead Life Wisdom
Allah will never humiliate the one who takes his Lord as friend and patron.
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Humiliate Lord Patron
If a heart becomes attached to anything other than Allah, Allah makes him dependent on what he is attached to. And he will be betrayed by it.
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Attached Betrayed Depend Heart
Sins have many side-effects. One of them is that they steal knowledge from you.
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Sides Sin Stealing
If a man’s patience is stronger than his whims and desires, then he is like an angel, but if his whims and desires are stronger than his patience, then he is like a devil. If his desire for food, drink and sex is stronger than his patience, then he is no better than an animal.
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Angel Animal Sex